headsman noun. ['hɛdzmǝn] Pl. -men. LME.
[from HEAD noun + -'S¹ + MAN noun.]
1. A chief, a headman. Now rare. LME.

2. An executioner who beheads. E17.

3. Hist. The commander of a whaling boat. M19.

4. A miner who moves loads of coal etc. from the workings into position for transport to the surface. M19.

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